The Burka Band...

...is the first female popband from Afghanistan ever!
In october 2002 Kurt Dahlke, Frank Fenstermacher and Saskia Klitzing (atatak/Fehlfarben/Der Plan) were invited with „a certain frank“ to do a music-workshop in Kabul, in order to exchange their experience as musicians. In this context Saskia was giving courses in drumming and a young Afghan woman was so excited by the idea of performing that she decided to become a drummer herself.
The beat on „burka blue“ is the product of that decision; the drumkit was kept hidden from the Taliban regime for over six years and the recordings have been made on a cassette recorder in the Goethe-Institute’s kitchen and other „safe“ public spaces in Afghanistan.
But despite its coming from a world that until today was mostly presented to us as martial and misanthropic, „burka blue“ strikingly manages to be an ultimatively joyful song and the highly self-ironic answer to western superstars and girliegroups.

Get on yer camels now, it’ll be a long journey:

..." my mother wears blue jeans now
and i am so surprised..
the things are changing faster
i don`t know, if it`s right"..


On the B-Side of the 7“ you’ll find a wonderful Remix from Barbara
Morgenstern, which could be another A-side.